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Bank of Communications Financial Leasing CO.,Ltd.

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DVB Bank SE

DVB enjoys a unique position, thanks to its strategic focus on the international transport market, with the submarkets of shipping, aviation, and land transport. As a highly-specialised niche provider, the Bank offers a broad range of customised financial services. With offices in twelve locations, we have a worldwide presence in the transport markets and their various segments. This global presence enables us to take into account both the international dimension and the local specifics of the markets in which our clients in Shipping, Aviation and Land Transport Finance operate. Our Aviation Finance team and our clients benefit from our unique and integrated platform, with a range of products and services covering the entire lifecycle of aircraft and engines – from financing new airplanes right through to dismantling them, plus individual solutions for their engines. Consequently, our strategy is geared to offering our clients the most efficient services “where money and metal meet” – irrespective of industry and economic cycles. We provide asset financing on the basis of sound research and a deep understanding of aviation markets and specific types of aircraft. Our experts have gained their wings through many years of experience in the banking business as well as in the aviation industry – with airlines, manufacturers, asset managers and lessors.

Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd

With strong support from the major shareholder China Minsheng Bank, Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (MSFL), with registered capital of 5.095 billion Yuan now, was established in April 2008 and is one of the first five banking background financial leasing companies upon the approval of China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC).

Minsheng commercial aviation is beginning in July 2013, which is an important arm of MSFL integrated aviation platform. MSFL has a professional commercial aircraft leasing team with long-term experience. Minsheng commercial aircraft leasing team can implement custom design of trading structure suitable for the characteristics of the industry, enterprise and equipment according to the project requirements, which fully meets diversified and personalized needs of clients.

In the past five years, MSFL gradually opens up the market and accumulates high-quality customers by purchasing asset package, leaseback, purchase-modification leasing and other modified business model. As of the end of May 2018, MSFL owns nearly 50 commercial aircraft on lease to many global airlines across China, Europe and other Southeast Asian countries.

Supported by the business platforms in Beijing, Hong Kong, Tianjin and Dunlin, MSFL will actively explore innovative mode according to the market situation and custom demand. MSFL will continue to expand international and domestic aviation markets, and strive to become the Asia-Pacific region’s leading commercial aircraft leasing company and an important participant in international commercial aircraft leasing market to provide personalized leasing and financing services to airlines worldwide.

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Jackson Square Aviation

KPMG - Restructuring

SPDB Financial Leasing

SPDB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (hereafter refer to the Company), founded by SPD Bank, COMAC and SIG with the approval of CBRC is a financial institution established in April 2012 in Shanghai which specialized in providing financial leasing services. The Company has a registered capital of RMB 5 billion, of which SPD Bank has a share of 61.02% (3.051 billion), COMAC 20.34% (1.017 billion), SSAOCORP 10.17% (0.509 billion) and SHLHI 8.47% (0.424 billion).The Company, who ranks Aircraft Leasing business as its strategic core business, lists the country’s only financial leasing institution which has a shareholder background of both civil aircraft manufacturing and aviation services. Relying upon its shareholders’ strengths in aircraft R&D, aircraft designing, aircraft manufacturing and aviation services, the Company enjoys the power of providing full supply chain financial leasing services and customized leasing products for aircraft manufacturer and maintainer, aircraft component and spare parts supplier and airline operator. The Company now managed thirty–seven aircrafts including A330-300, B787 , B737-800 and ARJ21-700 which leased to Air China, China Southern, China Eastern, Xiamen Airliners, Shanghai Airliners, Shandong Airliners and Chengdu Airliners.

Bronze

ATR

Founded in 1981, ATR is the world leader in the market for below-90-seat regional aircraft. Since its creation, ATR has sold over 1,500 aircraft. ATR aircraft equip the fleets of some 200 airlines in nearly 100 countries. ATR manufactures two sizes of turboprop aircraft, the 70-seat ATR 72 and the 50-seat ATR 42. ATR aircraft are recognised worldwide as the best value for money. Both aircraft benefit from the fuel, emission and cost efficiencies provided by turboprop engines. ATR aircraft offer the lowest fuel consumption and operating costs in their segment. ATR is an equal partnership between two major European aeronautics players, Airbus and Leonardo. Based in Toulouse, France, ATR is well established worldwide with a large customer support and sales network, including customer service centers, training centers and warehouses. For more information, please visit http://www.atr-aircraft.com

CFM

CFM International (CFM) was formed in 1974 as a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines. Today, CFM is the world’s leading supplier of commercial transport aircraft engines and the best example of a successful international joint venture. Since the first engine was delivered in 1982, CFM has received orders for more than 48,500 CFM56 and LEAP engines from 550 operators worldwide, of which more than 33,000 engines have been delivered. In addition to the highly successful CFM56 product line, CFM introduced the advanced LEAP-1A engine into commercial service on the Airbus A320neo in August 2016. Through March 2018, 16 other airlines taken delivery of a total of more than 160 LEAP-1A-powered aircraft. The engines have performed exceptionally well in commercial service, with many airlines operating up to 11 flights per day and executing 25-minute turn times. To date, the fleet has logged more than 700,000 highly reliable flight hours. In May 2017, the first LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737 MAX airplane entered commercial service with Malindo Air in Malaysia. A total of 94 aircraft had been delivered to 24 customers by the end of March 2018. A third model, the LEAP-1C, has been undergoing flight tests on the COMAC C919. Two flight-test aircraft have logged more than 60 hours. Overall, CFM has garnered orders and commitments for more than 15,000 LEAP engines. The engine is delivering a 15 percent improvement in fuel efficiency along with significant reductions in noise and emissions signatures. All of this while maintaining CFM’s industryleading reliability and overall cost of ownership. In 2008, with the launch of the LEAP engine, CFM announced that all services offerings for this new product would come from directly from CFM. The organize could also provide support for CFM56 engines, as well. This was done to support customer requests for seamless product sales and support. Since then, the primary focus of CFM Services has been to provide world-class aftermarket products and programs, working with customers to meet their unique, evolving needs from entry-into-service to mid-life through maturity and retirement.

Engine Lease Finance Corporation

Engine Lease Finance (ELF) is the world’s leading independent spare engine financing and leasing company, specialising in the provision of flexible short, medium and long-term spare engine support packages for the airline industry.
Headquartered in Shannon, Ireland, ELF is a group company of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited ("MUL"), whose shares are wholly owned by MUL.
ELF has the financing power and stability to meet the varied needs of airlines and to meet the commercial challenges presented by today’s rapidly changing world markets.
ELF has access to extensive funding at favourable rates, therefore ensuring low cost flexible financing for the airline. ELF’s client base includes some of the world’s most established airlines, some of the newest start-ups and many of the seasoned LCCs around the world. The client base also includes several significant MRO providers, airframe lessors and the OEMs.

Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe that powered flight has transformed – and will continue to transform – the world. It’s an engine for human progress and an instrument to rise above. That’s why we work with an explorer’s heart and a perfectionist’s grit to design, build, and service the world’s most advanced and unrelenting aircraft engines. We do this as a way of turning the possibilities into realities -- so our customers can connect people, grow economies, and protect the world.

This is our mission, and a challenge to which we rise every day. It’s about more than transporting people reliably to their destinations. It’s about more than providing the care and intelligence to service aircraft expertly. It’s about innovating and engineering a new and exciting future for aviation – one in which the full potential of human progress can be unleashed. This is how we at Pratt & Whitney approach our work, and this is why we are inspired to go beyond.